A couple of weeks ago I took Sammy to the Paso Robles Downtown Park as I often do. The typical procedure is I get him out of the car, stand him up on the sidewalk, and proceed to follow him around for as long as he wants to run. … [Read more...]

Yesterday on our other blog, I posted an article about my experience at the Paso Robles Downtown Park on Monday morning. I had taken Sammy down to run around and play like I normally do. Now, I've taken him down there dozens of times and every single time we go we walk by litter. … [Read more...]

Why do they call it a kidâ??s museum? Are there mini Van Goghâ??s and Picassoâ??s in there? That question aside, Annie and I decided to take Sammy to the Paso Robles Kids Museum for the first time recently. We had only been there once before, long before Sammy was born, to attend … [Read more...]

Wow, I really am the work at home dad. Yesterday I took Sammy to the zoo in Atascadero to meet Annieâ??s sister-in-law and her two daughters so they could spend some time together. I rolled up in the Rav 4 sport utility vehicle and a diaper bagâ?¦pimpinâ?? ainâ??t easy yâ??all. … [Read more...]

As someone that â??lives withâ? (rather than â??deals withâ?) the stress of depression and social anxiety there are some things that many of you take for grantedâ?¦leaving the house. Some days itâ??s no problem at all but other days it takes a lot of effort to leave the house … [Read more...]

As the work-at-home dad I am part of things at home that I would otherwise miss. Some of those things are cool and some are smelly, if you catch what I mean. Sammy is 19 months old and in the last few months he has become interested in the garbage trucks that come up and down our … [Read more...]

First-time parents will know the strange mix of excitement and anxiety thatâ??s felt when the time comes to plan a party for their baby. After all, childrenâ??s parties are quite different from the parties that most couples had become accustomed to in the years before becoming … [Read more...]

This is by far the best parenting related article I have come across in my almost 18 months as a parent. Itâ??s written by Beau Coffron of LunchboxDad.com and well worth the read. I can personally relate to every one of them although half Xanax of them happened far more than the … [Read more...]

Annie and I just had an interesting week in our life as parents. We were both down with the flu (like lose a bunch of weight kind of flu) and we still had to be parents. I know millions and millions of people have handled this and much worseâ?¦but this was our first time in such … [Read more...]